Review of operating systems used in unmanned aerial vehicles

Viktor Ivashko; Oleh Krulikovskyi; Serhii Haliuk; Andrii Samila

doi:10.35784/iapgos.6786

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.6786

DOI

https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.6786

Authors

Viktor Ivashko

v.ivashko@chnu.edu.ua

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Computer Sciences

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-4648

Oleh Krulikovskyi

o.krulikovskyi@chnu.edu.ua

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Radioengineering and Information Security

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-6857

Serhii Haliuk

s.haliuk@chnu.edu.ua

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Radioengineering and Information Security

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-2675

Andrii Samila

a.samila@chnu.edu.ua

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Radioengineering and Information Security

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8279-9116

Abstrakt

Systemy operacyjne (OS) odgrywają kluczową rolę w funkcjonowaniu i wydajności bezzałogowych statków powietrznych, stanowiąc ich centralny układ nerwowy i zarządzając różnymi komponentami i funkcjami. W artykule tym zaprezentowano kompleksowy przegląd systemów operacyjnych wbudowanych (EOS), systemów operacyjnych czasu rzeczywistego (RTOS) i systemów operacyjnych w chmurze (Cloud OS) przeznaczonych dla bezzałogowych statków powietrznych (UAV). W szczególności, z perspektywy praktycznego zastosowania, przeanalizowano mocne i słabe strony następujących systemów operacyjnych: PX4 Autopilot, ArduPilot, NuttX, Robot Operating System (ROS), FreeRTOS, MicroPython i ChibiOS/RT. Przedstawiono również ogólny przegląd potencjalnych praktycznych zastosowań Cloud OS. Dzięki temu można poznać kryteria wyboru systemów operacyjnych, a także ich mocne i słabe strony. Ważne jest, aby zrozumieć, że rola systemu operacyjnego w rozwoju bezzałogowych statków powietrznych jest kluczowa dla optymalizacji wydajności, bezpieczeństwa i efektywności w różnych zastosowaniach, od monitorowania rolnictwa po nadzór bezpieczeństwa.

Słowa kluczowe:

bezzałogowe statki powietrzne, system operacyjny, wbudowane systemy operacyjne, systemy operacyjne czasu rzeczywistego, Cloud OS

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Ivashko, V., Krulikovskyi, O., Haliuk, S., & Samila, A. (2025). Przegląd systemów operacyjnych stosowanych w bezzałogowych statkach powietrznych. Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 15(1), 95–100. https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.6786

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